Oral history interview with Mostafa Tolba, 2001.

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Oral history interview with Mostafa Tolba, 2001.

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Background and childhood: born 1922, Egypt, close family relation; education: Cairo University, Imperial College, London, Ph.D., 1949; career: United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP] deputy executive director, 1973, UNEP executive director, 1976-92, Cairo University professor emeritus of the Faculty of Science, Fellow of Imperial College, 1988, president of the International Center for Environment and Development, chairman of the Egyptian Consultants for Environment and Development, alternate member of Executive Board of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]; themes: reminiscences of Great Depression, joining Muslim Brotherhood during adolescence, effect of Egypt-Iraq relations on professorship, decolonization of India, disparities between developed and underdeveloped nations in the UN, increasing importance of sustainable development in the UN, importance of global conferences, use of expert groups in the UN, reminiscences of being appointed deputy executive director of UNEP, placement of UNEP in Nairobi, current UN challenges, colleague reminiscences.

transcript: 70 p.

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